http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001780.shtml Dan Gillmor reports, “Google’s Jason Shellen confirms that the company is dropping RSS support in favor of Atom.” Gillmor adds Dave Winer is worried Google is building its own aggregator. RSS is such a standards mess that it’s ripe for competition. What is not in competition is the proof of concept for a lightweight […]
http://www.icontemplate.com/pm/weblog.php?id=P185 icontemplate wondered, “Hmm, ‘the library weblog about library weblogs.’ I wonder…if others try to copy Steven and Greg’s neat idea, would someone out there create a Blogsource blogsource? Would its header say ‘the library weblog about library weblogs about library weblogs?’ And if others copy that idea, would that be called ‘the library weblog […]
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_2/jaeger/ First Monday–one of the best journals on the Web–has an outstanding, must-read article about CIPA: “Potential legal challenges to the application of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in public libraries: Strategies and issues,” by Paul T. Jaeger and Charles R. McClure. These gentlemen speak truth to justice, outlining not only short-term implementation problems […]
I waited until I was sure these blogs were sustainable. I highly recommend both Librarian in Black and Tame the Web. Librarian in Black: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/ Normally, I would run fast and far from a blog by a “Self-proclaimed Techie Gamer Librarian Chick.” From what I can tell, “chick” is usually a synonym for “allergic to […]
http://www.oclc.org/membership/escan/introduction/default.htm “The scan provides a high-level view of the information landscape, intended both to inform and stimulate discussion about future strategic directions. ” Strategery: good stuff. But the real reason to “read” this report is that the Flash animations and search functions make it fun to play with. I can hear the folks at OCLC […]
It didn’t take long for the proposed amendment to IRC’s report on Cuba to morph into something it was not. I am going to be charitable and chalk it up to post-conference amnesia (what did we vote on? who did I lunch with?), but today, one of the members of the Cuba report task force […]
When I had a monitor the size and weight of a 747, Dot sat on top of it, and all was well. After my new Dell flat-panel 1901 monitor arrived–and it is absolutely gorgeous and crystal-clear–Dot prowled around my desk for a week, no doubt waiting for me to restore “her” monitor. She finally gave […]
Stanford’s Discovering Dickens project is terrific. However–and call me an old geezer if you must–I do not recommend that you try reading the PDFs on your handheld or PC, however au courant that seems. This is a literary reenactment, enabled by the Web, and the fun part is participating the olde-tyme way, not by attempting […]
2003 was a rough year for press freedom. Read about it here: http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=8969 Bookmark to: